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package org.gvsig.geoprocess.algorithm.dissolve;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.Feature;

/**

 * Forces to IDissolveCriteria to fetch geometries from 

 * ReadableVectorial (for performance reasons, once a criteria

 * has verified a spatial conditions, it caches IGeometry, to

 * avoid reading them many times)

 * @author azabala

 *

 */

public interface IDissolveRule {

        /**

         * Verifies if the given geometries will be dissolved 

         * @param g1

         * @param g2

         * @param f

         * @return true if the given geometries will be dissolved or false 

         * if not.

         */

        public boolean verifyIfDissolve(Geometry g1, Geometry g2, Feature f1, Feature f2);

        /**

         * Returns true if the selected function is included in the summary

         * @param func

         * @return

         */

        public boolean isFunctionIncluded(String func);

        /**

         * Returns the name of the field for the selected function

         * @return

         */

        public String getFieldName(String func);

        /**

         * Gets the index of the field to apply the dissolve rule

         * @return

         */

        public String getFieldName();

}